This just in: Comedy Central has tapped writer-comedian Chris Gethard to replace Jon Heder (Napoleon Dynamite) in its Will Ferrell-produced sitcom Big Lake, sources confirm. Gethard, an Upright Citizens Brigade regular, has written for Saturday Night Live and the Onion News Network.
Heder dropped out of the project last month for creative reasons.
The series, which centers on a young man (Gethard) who moves back in with his parents, co-stars Saturday Night Live’s Chris Parnell and Horatio Sanz.










“Will Ferrell-produced sitcom”
*shudder*
have you seen eastbound and down?
Exactly, Eastbound & Down is one of the best comedies on TV. Maybe Ferrell’s own work is not always up to the best quality, but I think that he’s got good taste.
Eastbound & Down is awful! I tried to watch an episode and couldn’t finish because it was so bad.
Is the new actor by any chance a porn star? His name sounds like a porn pseudonym.
HA!